Ramón Luis Rivera Cruz (born February 3, 1956) is a Puerto Rican

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affiliated with the New Progressive Party. He is the current

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of Bayamón, and succeeded his father,

Ramón Luis Rivera Ramón Luis Rivera Rivera (born June 21, 1929) is a Puerto Rican politician affiliated with the New Progressive Party. He served as Mayor of Bayamón from 1977 until 2001. Early life Rivera was born in Aguas Buenas. Rivera began his primary s ...

, when the latter decided to retire after 23 years in office (1977–2000). Rivera served as a member of the

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for the District of Bayamón from 1993 to 2000. He has been mayor of Bayamón since then.

Early life

Ramón Luis Rivera Cruz was born on February 3, 1956. He is the first born of 5 siblings, son to Ramón Luis Rivera and Angélica Cruz. Ramón Luis Rivera Cruz attended Colegio Santo Domingo and Escuela Papa Juan XXIII for elementary and secondary school, respectively. Later he continued higher studies at

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, where he gained a

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and continued studies at

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. In 1994 Luis Rivera Jr. married Narel Waleska Colón and had two sons: Ramon Luis III and André Efraín.

Political career

In 1980, he started his political career as campaign manager for his father,

, the then-mayor of Bayamon seeking reelection. He was elected as a senator of the Bayamón district in 1992 and was reelected again in 1996. During his time in the Senate, he was a chairman of different committees. Between them, Committee of Urbanism and Infrastructure, Committee on Ethics, Committee on Youth and the Committee of Recreation and Sports. In 2000, he aspired for the mayorship of Bayamon, the position his father had served since 1977. He won the mayorship and has been reelected four more times.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rivera, Ramon Luis Jr. Living people 1956 births New Progressive Party members of the Senate of Puerto Rico Mayors of Bayamón, Puerto Rico People from Bayamón, Puerto Rico 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico